Meeting Minutes for April 2017

The meeting was called to order at 9:40 a.m. by President Rick Kranefuss who welcomed everyone. He stated that the new garbage containers are being built and will be ready within one week. He also reminded everyone not to forget to advance their clock 1 hr because of the time change that will take effect the next day.

Pierre Perodin reminded the members that the minutes of the last meeting were posted on our website. He then asked if there were any corrections to be made. There being none, a motion to approve them came from Peter, seconded by Dina. All in favor.

Gwen Baer reviewed the financial activities for the month of Mar 2017. She apologized for not carrying with her the correct spreadsheet and promised to post it on the website. A motion to approve came from Gloria, seconded by Darlene. All in favor.

Neil Lamb said that last month was a very busy one. He thanked everyone who donated bags and baskets for the program. He then thanked all the volunteers who donated their time. He also announced that some T-Shirts with “amigos de Bucerías” logo were still up for sale.

Dick Pickup reported that 2 street lights were added to the north end of the foot bridge and 11 street lights repaired. He announced that the program was coming to an end due to the fact that the Government decided to replace all the lights with LEDs. He also said that he talked with the Delegado in order to improve traffic circulation in Bucerías centro. The Delegado appeared to be very receptive to the idea. Dick will have follow up meeting with the Delegado on that subject.

Darlene Ell announced that she was recently elected president of Paws and Claws; then, introduced the members of the group. She said that the Pet Picnic was a success that raised..22,000 pesos. She stated that the group is now looking for ways to help out more animals in Bucerías; she gave a list of future activities of the group such as : renegociating contracts with the vets; visits to schools to educate kids on how to behave with pets; fund raisings activities etc…, She promised to update Paws and Claws facebook account.

Debbie thanked the volunteers. She invited members to participate in the event taking place at the Marriott Hotel, May 14th, by buying tickets; the proceeds of this event will benefit the library. She also asked for donations for the library and introduced Lobo who is doing a lot of volunteering work for the library.

Kenzie introduced Human Connection to the members of Amigos de Bucerias; she explained the work that they are doing and invited all of us to join their day tour. She stated that Human Connections offers English classes; She asked for volunteers who can teach English.

Rick Kranefuss presented to the members a motion to suspend meetings during the months of June July and August. This motion seconded by Pierre and Glenda was put to a vote :it was approved by majority.

On that note, Rick said he received a request from a group to get access to the recycling yard in order to get plastic bottles. These plastic bottles will be used to build stuff like houses etc… He thinks that this is a good idea.